Day: 6 June 2024

Reform U.K. has overtaken the Tories among over-55s, a new poll shows, as former Minister Nadine Dorries says the Conservative Party will "probably disappear" at the General Election.

Historian David Olusoga can often be heard complaining about the British Empire and its supposedly malign legacy. But in truth the 'British Empire' is not something that every really existed, says Prof James Alexander.

Back in March, the Government announced new rules to put an end to 'debanking'. But it seems the Conservatives never got round to actually bringing them into force – and now the election has killed them off.

With the Hay Book Festival boycott of Baillie Gifford, the EDI revolution is eating its own, says C.J. Strachan. The fund manager sponsor is as woke as they come but that didn't spare it – and companies are taking note.

Elon Musk has said "freedom of speech is worth fighting for" after Australia's cyber safety regulator dropped its federal court case over X Corp's refusal to globally block footage it deemed harmful.

The Met Office claims that May – which everyone knows was damp and chilly – was the “warmest on record”. What kind of junk statistics produce this blatant gaslighting? asks Ben Pile.

In the first episode of the Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic's brand new weekly podcast, Laurie Wastell interviews Chris Morrison, Kathrine Jebsen Moore and David McGrogan.

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.